BBG Watch Commentary
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) ($777 million in FY 2017) CEO and Director John F. Lansing has assured employees of the dysfunctional federal agency in charge of the Voice of America (VOA) that there will be no change in leadership and that he is looking forward to working with the Donald Trump administration even though, in violation of the VOA Charter, the Voice of America has turned highly partisan and published a number of one-sided attacks on Trump, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Harry Reid and others during the 2016 election campaign and is posting poorly-produced and embarrassing “click-bait” animal videos at U.S. taxpayers’ expense.
ALSO SEE: No Change of Leadership at Broadcasting Board of Governors, CEO John Lansing assures employees, BBG Watch, November 29, 2016
Check how the Voice of America has done in its digital and editorial outreach on Cuba and Fidel Castro
Voice of America awakens to Castro’s death after humiliation on Facebook
BBG Watch Commentary After experiencing yet another humiliation on Facebook with absolutely dismal social engagement numbers for its late posts on the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro when compared to similar Facebook posts by Russia’s RT and BBC, managers…
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Voice of America VOA English News about 10 hours late in posting to Facebook on Castro’s death
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America’s VOA English News was about ten (10) hours behind Russia’s RT, BBC, and other international media in posting its first full Castro death story on Facebook. READ: VOA, RT, BBC Facebook Castro posts…
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VOA, RT, BBC Facebook Castro posts compared: VOA 379; RT 11K; BBC 56K Likes
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America’s (VOA) declining relevance as an international media outlet was once again illustrated by dismal audience engagement figures for its first full Facebook post on Fidel Castro’s death when compared to audience engagement figures for…
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Many Voice of America services late on Castro’s death, Trump calling him “brutal dictator,” VOA journalists complain
BBG Watch Commentary Journalists working for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) are complaining that because of poor management which saw the growth of bureaucracy and the shrinkage of reporting positions, many VOA services were late last night and this…
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Op-Ed: Voice of America or Voice of Castro without any balance?
BBG Watch Media An op-ed in Digital Journal says that U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) has just helped Fidel Castro promote his communist legacy in a report without one word of balance. “It would be too soon…
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Did Voice of America go too far in calling Raul Castro Obama’s ‘Ally of New Era of US-Cuba Ties’
BBG Watch Just Asking Commentary Did U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) not only engaged in some unfortunate editorializing in its VOA English News headline, “Obama to Meet with Raul Castro, Ally of New Era of US-Cuba Ties,” but also…
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Voice of America or Voice of Castro?
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America or Voice of Castro? While surfing the web, we recently came across a Voice of America news report in English titled: “Castro Urges US to End Broadcasts Directed at Cuba.” The 430-word report…
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